Ed. Note. I asked Seth Godin to finish out Share the Podium month here at WWDS. Seth, as many of you know, is the author of the most popular marketing blog in the world and twelve best selling books. You can go here or here to read more about [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Seth Godin says, “Don’t Try to Get a Job.”
Posted in March 31st, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
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Pushing on a Rope
Posted in March 31st, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
A favorite Kansas saying, that. You can’t push on a rope my dad used to tell me. Case closed, it was obvious, he meant to say. You pulled on that rope.
Born in 1915, he came of age during The Depression, certainly was a member of Tom Brokaw’s Greatest Generation. And, like many men of that [...]
Guest Lewis Lin on How To Improve Your Interview Skills and Beat the Competition
Posted in March 30th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
Improve Your Interview Skills and Beat the Job Competition
by Lewis Lin, Seattle Interview Coach, special for WWDS
Are you frustrated with interviewing? Your resume looks great, and you’re having no trouble getting interviews. If hiring managers like your skills and experiences, then why aren’t they giving you the job offer? Don’t waste [...]
Gen X/Y: How to Manage Your Boss by Guest Bruce Tulgan, the Leading Expert on Younger People in the Workplace (only for WWDS)
Posted in March 28th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
Ed. Note. This concludes Share the Podium Month here at WWDS. I appreciate the extra time and effort expended by the authors and leaders who shared their insights and thoughts with all of us. In the upcoming week, time permitting, I will do a one post-recap of all of them. I [...]
JT says, “It’s Not Who You Know. It’s Who Knows You.”
Posted in March 26th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
It’s Not Who You Know.It’s Who Knows YOU
by JT O’Donnell of Careerealism, special for WWDS
I was trading e-mails with a colleague, Thomas Parry, founder of a very innovative new local networking program in Greenville, SC called Linking the Upstate. We were discussing new trends in networking and he said, “It’s not who you know.it’s [...]
The Artful and Skillful Defenestration of a Politician
Posted in March 25th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
I’ve been trying to figure out how to use “defenestration” in a blog post because it is just so descriptive. It means the act of throwing a person or thing out of the window. See, you learned something new today, maybe. For me, a word used is a word remembered.
Earlier today I wrote [...]
Flopsy and 12 Ideas To Get Things Moving Again
Posted in March 25th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
‘Member the story about the rabbit who spent his entire day in the beet patch, eating beets? The tasty carrots were just a row or two over, but he never even thought to hop over there.
I’m thinking that if only someone had taken the time to pull a carrot out of the ground and [...]
Guest Heather Huhman’s 10 Steps to Landing an Entry Level Job
Posted in March 24th, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
10 steps to landing an entry-level job by Heather Huhman
Special for WWDS
College students graduating this semester are abuzz with worries they won’t be able to land entry-level jobs. With our country experiencing tough economic times, what is the best way to ensure a job is waiting for you on the other side of that stage?
1. [...]
Chronic Illness Job Discrimination Pains Me
Posted in March 23rd, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
What do chronic illness and aging share?
By Rosalind Joffe, special for WWDS
Reading the article on this blog, Age Discrimination is the New Reality in Job Market, I couldn’t help but smile. Actually, it was more like a grimace. Living with chronic illness and holding a job teaches you about discrimination. [...]
MsCareerGirl, the Diva, and the Advice She Gets From Her Dad
Posted in March 22nd, 2009
by wwds in Work-related
By Nicole Crimaldi, founder of MsCareerGirl, a must-see site for career-minded “divas.”
It’s a bit ironic that I was asked to guest post on “What Would Dad Say” considering the fact that I’ve been spending an unusual amount of time with my Dad lately. After a failed relationship and living situation- neither one of which [...]
